Button



April 20 ,1926. 1,5 1,299

Y. SHIBA BUTTON Filed Nov. 24, 1925 l/VVLNTUE- 2E}; V mEH/H 515754,

Patented Apr. 20, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT orries;

YAIonmo'sHIBA, or SAN JOSE, oamromrm.

BUTTON. j

I Application filed November 24, 1925. Serial 1T0. 71,061.

To'all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, 'YAICHIRO SHIBA, a subject of the Emperor of Japan, residing at San Jose, in the county of Santa Clara, State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which to take the place of the lost button and will.

remain securely in place. I

Anotherobjectof the invention is to provide a button of the character described which has a metal attaching hook of novel form for fastening the button in place and.

which will properly hold the button in place more securely and for a longer period of time than has heretofore been the case, said hook, however, being subject to operation to release the button when desired. a

With the above mentioned and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and set forth in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction within the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 represents a rear elevation of a button constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 represents a sectional view of the button as when attached to a garment.

Fig. 3 represents a rear elevation of another form of button.

Fig. 4 represents a cross section.

Fig. 5 represents and edge view of the button as whenready to be attached.

In carrying out the invention I attach to the under side of the ordinary button 1 of any suitable material, size or shape, a hook 2 which is of a eneral U-shape and made of spring wire. gne end of this hook is rotatably anchoredto'the button. T Inthepresent instance this end is formed with screw threads3 and turned into a threaded opening 4 formed in the button. The other end of'the hood is pointed as at 5 and adapted tofsnap into a depression 6 formed in the button, inorder to lock'the hook and button in place. v

'To attach the button to a garment,part of which is shown at A in'Fig'. 2, the hook is held in one hand and the button in the other and the buttonis movedso that the hook will extend outward beyond the edge of the button as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, also in Fig. 5. Thepointed end'5 is-then inserted through the cloth of the garment A, at spaced points so that it will project out from the garment as shown in Fig. :1,

the buttonthen being in the relative position shown 1n Fig. 2 in dotted lines. The operator then grasps the button andturns it relative to the hook until the pointed end snaps into the depression 6 as shown in full lines in Fig. 2. The hook is mounted. so that when the pointed end rides on the rear side of the button, said hook is flexed and placed under tension and will therefore snap into the depression where it is still under tension and will securely remain in place against accidental dislodgement, it being necessary 'to lift the pointed end and flex the hook to un hook or remove the button;

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the button and hook are the same as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5 as hereinbefore described except that the pointed end5 is bent inward at right angles as at 7 and arranged to ride in a groove 8 in the button. At the inner end of this groove 8 is a lateral depression or socket 9 into which the end 5 will snap to lock the button in place. This button is put on in the same way as the button shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5.

The button of my invention is simple as to construction and inexpensive. It can be very quickly and easily attached in place and will remain properly held on a garment without requiring the sewing of the button in place as is usually required.

I claim: I

1. A button and a hook member, one end of which is rotatably mounted upon the but ton and the other end of which is movable over the rear face of the button, said button having a depression into which the free end said hook member being of resilient material and placed under tension when engaged with the button.

2. A button and a substantially U-shaped resilient hook member, one end of which hook member is rotatably secured to the rear side of the button and the other end of which hook member is adapted to move in contact with the rear face of the button, said hook member being under tension when in engagement with the button, said button having a depression therein adapted to receive the free end of the hook member.

3. A button and a substantially U-shaped resilient hook member, one end of which hook member is rotatably secured to the rear side of the button and the other end of which hook-member is adapted to move in contact with the rear face of the button, said hook member being under tension when in engagement with the button, said button having a depression therein adapted to receive the free end of the hook member, said button being pointed on its free end.

4. A button and a substantially U-shaped resilient hook member having one end rotatably secured to the rear face of the button,

said hook member being adapted to be inserted through a garment to which the button is to be attached, said butt-on having a depression therein into which the free end of the hook member is adapted to extend. said hook member being arranged so that it is under tension when it is engaged in said depression.

5. A button and a substantially U-shaped resilient hook member one end of which is screw threaded and the other end of which is pointed, said button having a screw threaded opening into which the screw threaded end of the hook member is turned and being also provided with a depression adapted to receive the pointed end of the button.

6. A button and a substantially U-shaped resilient hook member one end of which is screw threaded and the other end of which is pointed, said button having a screw threaded opening into which the screw threaded end of the hook member is turned and also being provided with a depression adapted to receive the pointed end of the button, said button having a groove on its rear face in which the pointed end of the hook member is adapted to engage, said depression being located at the end of the groove and extending at right angles thereto.

YAICHIRO SHIBA. 

